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in order that we might be in better position to protect them and their feathered 

 inhabitants. 



An addition has been made to the office force in the person of Miss Mary 

 T. Moore, who, as school secretary, divides her time between the work of the 

 State Society and the National Association. During the summer months she 

 lectured on the importance of bird preservation to the farmers' institutes in 

 twenty-four counties, speaking to over four thousand six hundred people. When 

 the schools opened in the fall, she began her work with the school children and 

 teachers interested in nature study, and has been the means of greatly increas- 

 ing the list of teachers who are using the Audubon literature in the schools. 



Interest in the protection of wild life in the state is growing rapidly, and one 

 of the evidences of the effectiveness of the Audubon Society work, as frequently 

 quoted by sportsmen, is that there are more Quail in the state this year than 

 ever before, and, by general observers, to the effect that song-birds are by 

 far more numerous than a few years ago. — T Gilbert Pearson, Secretary. 



North Dakota. — With the opening of the spring of 1907, the Audubon 

 Society of North Dakota adopted the following plans, with the hope of arousing 

 a general interest in birds and their protection. First, evening meetings were held 

 fortnightly, to which the public was invited, and at which papers on various 

 phases of the work were read and discussed. Among the subjects treated were 

 the previous work of the Society, methods of bird observation, birds of the Red 

 river region, spring migration of 1907, etc. At each of these meetings members 

 reported on migration, nesting, etc., and the results were tabulated for per- 

 manent record. 



Three weekly field excursions were undertaken, and consisted of a Monday 

 morning class, especially designed to interest university students, but open to 

 all adults. There was also a Thursday sunset class, to which all were welcome, 

 and a Saturday morning class, intended primarily for children. Each excursion 

 was in charge of one of the more experienced members of the Society. 



An attempt was made to organize local societies throughout the Red river 

 valley, that the birds of the locality might be more systematically observed. 

 The effort will be continued until such societies are formed. 



The membership in this state is small, but contains a number of real bird- 

 lovers, and we hope as the state increases in population to greatly enlarge the 

 scope of our work. — Mrs. A. G. Leonard, Secretary. 



Ohio.— The meetings of the Audubon Society of Ohio are still the charm- 

 ing gatherings they always were, and as we had no lack of interesting speakers 

 and many exhibitions of choice specimens in the past year, we feel that, person- 

 ally, we have gained much. Mr. Finley's talk, with stereopticon pictures, was, 

 without doubt, the 'piece de resistance,' and we hope to have the pleasure of 

 another such treat. 



